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SUMMARY:Kepler Concordia: Playing solar systems as musical instruments - T
 alk by Dr. Kelly Snook\, University of Brighton
DTSTART:20190920T133000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr. Kelly Snook\nAbstract\nWhat if you could answer a 400-year
 -old burning scientific question just by playing a musical instrument? Wha
 t if playing this instrument helped launch a new economy of music and art 
 in society? Former NASA Scientist\, Kelly Snook will discuss her new proje
 ct\, Concordia\, which allows you to play solar systems and other scientif
 ic data like musical instruments. You are immersed in the geometric world 
 of Johannes Kepler\, flying  through space as you explore and play the Mu
 sic of the Spheres. We are entering into a new era of music as a tool for 
 scientific exploration and discovery\, which is a return to the past when 
 music was part of the Quadrivium.\n\nDH Research Seminar \nThe DH Research
  Seminar is a series of talks organised by the Digital Humanities Institut
 e given by researchers from a wide range of backgrounds and aiming at pres
 enting the vast array of subjects covered by Digital Humanities.\n\nBe sur
 e to come. Listen to the talk and participate if you wish in the Q&A sessi
 on\, and continue to discuss the subject with the speaker and the other p
 articipants in a relaxed athmosphere during the apero that will follow the
  talk.\n\nBio\nDr Kelly Snook is a planetary scientist\, music producer\, 
 engineer\, and data sonification researcher based at the University of Bri
 ghton\, UK\, and Portland\, Oregon. She is one of the original developers 
 of the mi.mu gloves for gestural control of music and visuals. She holds a
  Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University and spent 
 two decades as a NASA Research Scientist with a focus on Mars and the Moon
 \, before turning her attention to music full-time in 2010 when she joined
  Imogen Heap as her studio manager and musical assistant. Her current rese
 arch efforts center on a new research post-disciplinary research field cal
 led Investigative Music through the development of Concordia\, an immersiv
 e musical instrument for scientific exploration based on the work of Johan
 nes Kepler\, which allows people to experience and play the music of the s
 pheres. She also runs her own recording studio\, called "It's Not Rocket S
 cience Studios\," in Portland\, producing and mixing music and immersive m
 edia experiences.
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